Speed Bump by Dave Coverly for March 02, 2025

Nuts, Doc

he’s certainly looking bright-eyed

What do you know, that hospital gown is convenient for once.

Whoas! Now where’d that grows out from? Waits, not tells me!

At least he’ll be getting a lot of exercise.

He’ll also become an extreme hoarder.

The father of Squirrel Girl hears some bad news before his daughter achieves video game fame.

I’d heard the stories about Richard Gere and the gerbil, but…

…and trees.

Oh, don’t trim your nails anymore. Need’em to get up the trees.

If it was a matronly woman, it could worn ask a mink stole.

Let’s see you flick that for reasons only a squirrel would know.

“I’ve seen some squirrelly patients before, but this is just nuts.”

Don’t you start chewing on my fence.

“And you’ll be able to climb trees really well.”

Being bright-eyed and bushy-tailed can be dangerous around some breeds of dog.

“You will start being indecisive when you cross a street.”

You should find a Hindu family to live with. In Hinduism, squirrels are sacred and are not to be harmed.

Another tale~’tell sign

Heads you win, tails you lose.

“A whale of a tail” indeed.

That is quite the “Tall Tail” the doctor is implying……

Dogs best friend, and then some.

Keep him away from my bird feeder.

he’s got a tale to tell

Red squirrel zoomies